Artist Bio

(Bio as of June 2024)

Georgette Verdin is a Cuban-American freelance director, the Associate Artistic Director of Northlight Theatre and a member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Recent directing credits include: the adaptation of Dial M for Murder (Northlight); the revival of Night Watch (Raven Theatre); the U.S. premiere of The Writer (Steep Theatre); the World Premieres of The Singularity Play (Jackalope Theatre); A Mile in The Dark (Interrobang Theatre Project/Rivendell); Enough to Let the Light In (Teatro Vista); Chagall in School (Grippo Stage Company); and Spay (Rivendell). Georgette is a three-time Jeff nominated director and was the 2022 Michael Maggio Directing Fellow at Goodman Theatre. From 2015 until 2023, she served as Artistic Director of Interrobang Theatre Project, an award-winning storefront theatre known for gutsy productions that tackled socially-relevant subject matter. Upcoming projects include the Chicago Premiere of Ironbound (Raven Theatre) and the World Premiere adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women by Lauren Gunderson (Northlight). georgetteverdin.com. Photo credit: Joe Mazza with BraveLux Inc.